Research Design Explained

by Mitchell, Mark L.; Jolley, Janina M.

• ISBN13: 9780495092230
• ISBN10: 0495092231
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-09
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

RESEARCH DESIGN EXPLAINED provides students with an appreciation of science's excitement and relevance to psychology, by explaining concepts clearly and using real-life analogies and examples. Authors Mitchell and Jolley help students to develop a true understanding of research design, rather than simply memorizing terms, by focusing on important, fundamental concepts and demonstrating the logic behind research design.

Table of Contents

Psychology, Science, and You

Ethics and Validity

Generating and Refining Research Hypotheses

Reading and Evaluating Research

Measuring and Manipulating Variables: Reliability and Validity

Beyond Reliability and Validity: The Best Measure for Your Study

Introduction to Descriptive Methods

Survey Research

Internal Validity

The Simple Experiment

Expanding the Simple Experiment: The Multiple-Group Experiment

Expanding the Experiment: Factorial Designs

Matched Pairs, Within-Subjects, and Mixed Designs

Single?n Designs and Quasi-Experiments

Putting It All Together: Writing Research Proposals and Reports

APA-Style Checklist

Sample APA-Style Paper

Planning and Conducting Ethical Research

A Beginning Researcher's Guide to Statistics

Statistical Tables

Glossary

References

Index

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